LGBT advocates target redistricting as a way to grow political power

August 11, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, POLITICS Comments Off on LGBT advocates target redistricting as a way to grow political power
A photo of Harvey Milk, the murdered California politician and gay rights icon, is displayed on a sign for the GLBT Historical Society next to a rainbow flag in front of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. (Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)

A newly drawn San Francisco supervisor district anchored by the Castro, a famous gay neighborhood, helped Harvey Milk become the first out elected official in California. Now, the same principle that lifted Milk decades ago is at the center of a…